Makeup and Beauty Site Monday Poll, Vol. 464

So…what is the Monday Poll?

Properly, it isn’t precisely a poll. It is more of a continually evolving (devolving?), somewhat random record of queries I’ve been putting out to readers every single Monday morning for the previous 10 (!) many years. (It is like a kickstart for your brain.) I’ve usually loved reading your answers in the comments, and I hope you appreciate studying mine. ?

one. So, your makeup routine — what’s the best part?

Of my standard routine? My brows, for positive.

But they employed to give me so a lot grief. Now, however? Ever because I grew them out? All I do is I fill them in with a brow pencil, which is typically the amaze-balls MAC Brow Sculpt. Then I comb through them with spoolie on the back end, and finish with a small bit of Advantage Ready, Set, Brow Gel.

That’s it, and it all takes less than a minute.

Granted, I’m not obsessed anymore about acquiring my brows to appear flawlessly symmetrical. I utilized to be a couple of years in the past, but I don’t mind now when they look a little messy and much more much more naturally bushy and unkempt.

2. And what’s the hardest part?

Skin. My foundation, concealer and powder. It’s because I’m admittedly obsessed with getting my skin to look as natural as feasible, and the microsecond that I start off to really feel like my coverage looks heavy, I just cannot take it. I’ll eliminate everything and start off all more than again.

As I’ve gotten older, my tolerance for complete-coverage basis has decreased, even although I nonetheless think it appears amazing in pics. I nonetheless wear complete-coverage often, but now I typically spend a good deal of time blending and layering to end up with some thing that seems to be like I’m not sporting anything at all… It’s type of a catch 22. I commit a good deal of time figuring out what formulas are going to function for mu skin on any provided day.

So, yeah. Skin. By far, it’s the most complex and time consuming component of my rigmarole.

three. How nicely do you consider you’d manage super stardom/becoming a renowned celebrity?

If we’re speaking about Katy Perry-degree popular, I really do not believe I’d take care of it nicely. I can not picture not currently being in a position to leave my property without dodging photographers in my front yard.

On the other hand, if I were indie movie star renowned, exactly where I could nonetheless get a cup of coffee down the street and perhaps only be acknowledged by a handful of people, I think I could deal with that gracefully.

But something more than that would push my ability to be polite.

four. How often do your nails break?

Virtually never (knocks on wood)! That stated, I have other beauty struggles. Like, my hair is challenging to manage, I have a bald spot in my brow that just will not go away (I’m speaking to YOU, Raul), and I dealt with acne when I was younger, but I’ve by no means really had to fear about my nails breaking.

Here’s a humorous issue, even though: I recognized that I may well be pregnant when my nails commenced breaking! Many fingernails and a single of my toenails broke over a quick time period of time, which had never ever occurred before. So I knew some thing was up.

5. Metallic lips: yes or no?

Yes-ish. I like ’em, but I’m far more of a light opalescent metallic kind of woman.

I cannot deal with full-on melted metal lips.

6. Can you share a piece of daily life/elegance advice?

Uh…beauty-sensible, don’t hang out on Instagram as well significantly or it’ll give you a complex.

Existence-wise, here’s anything that my pal Erika said to me the other day, and it truly resonated. She said that some days you have to be comfortable decreasing the bar for yourself — reducing your expectations, LIKE Really Low. In other words, often providing your greatest has to mean just allowing your property to be a complete mess or accepting that the child is still in her pajamas at 3 p.m. or and producing cereal for dinner. And you have to allow oneself that sometimes and be fine with it.

Satisfied Monday, my good friend

My brushes are washed, my desk is devoid of piles of paper, and I’m enthusiastic because… Connor turns a single this week!!! Yup, officially, she won’t be an infant anymore. She’ll be a toddler. Her birthday is this Thursday, but we’re going to have a small party for her with just us and the grandparents on Saturday.

I’m also starting to get spring fever, and I can’t even get started to tell you how fired up I am about that. I cannot wait to wear dresses and sandals again…

Oh, sandals! You know, at this stage, following the winter we’ve been getting, I’d even be content with open-toed ankle booties. I’m that desperate.

Did you observe the Oscars final evening?

I hope your week gets off to a brilliant begin and that you feel clear-headed and robust. I also hope that each time you require to discover one thing in your home, office or purse, it is right there at your fingertips when you require it, since that is this kind of a wonderful feeling, is not it?

Have a excellent wonderful 1! ?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Here are the poll inquiries to copy/paste:

1. So, your makeup routine — what’s the best portion?2. And what’s the hardest component?3. How effectively do you feel you’d manage super stardom/getting a famous celebrity?4. How often do your nails break?five. Metallic lips: yes or no?six. Can you share a piece of daily life/beauty advice?